The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-19
MAKING A MAN FIT TO FIGHT:
The Sort Of Work tho Great Tom Cribb was
Put TELLS Monstsnous Dlct-Hiata for
Opvsmcp-Tho Modern Way aunimed Up.

Put Tells Monotsnous Dlct-Hiata for
Oarsmen-The Medern Way aummed Up.
There is O radical difference between the
new and the old methods Of training men for
athletic contests The change has largely
been made in the past twenty-five years. and
those who have made II declare that the now
way is q vast Improvement on the old. mas
much Ms 1t is In accordance with the latest and
best medical understanding and enables
| man to be brought to the very perfection OF
health, strength. and endurance with the least
possible strain upon his system and the mini
mum Of danger to his stamina
In nothing ia tho change more perceptible
than In the manner Of training pugilists. The
| old school fighter was, ~ Q rule, freer liver
than the modern type. He fed high when he
| could and be drank hard and steadily. Conse-
! Quently his systom was nominally gross. and
no required O good deal OF preparation to Ut
him for long and arduous contest There
were no four-round battles" In his day. When
he shied his castor into q twenty-four-foot ring
and followed 1t In person he knew TINT there
was no leaving that ring until either he or his
competitor was licked, or until both were
SO exhausted that neither could strike
blow. Prize fighting was a serious
matter in those days, and those who
engaged in 1t made serious preparations for 1t
or rued their negligence In defeat. Tom Cribb
trained four months in all for his second fight
with Tom Molypeaux, the American sailor
darky, and eleven weeks Of this time were
spent on the estates OF his patron. Capt Bar
clay. who was the greatest trainer Of his day
and the first man to walk 1000 miles In 1000
hours. He reduced Cribb from nearly $40
pounds to 1866. and had him so dt and well that
1t was said that Molynenux lost heart whom
he saw how perfect was his condition.
In tho old days, the ilrst step In training was
to physic man thoroughly. Blue pills were
the favorite medium. Two. three, or four Of
them, according to circumstances. would be
administered at night. and next morning they
would be followed by o liberal amount OF
black drnught." This was largely composed
Of Epson salts and SIENNA, and such like dras-
tics. In special cases this treatment would be
repeated two or three limos for o week. and
when 1t was the man generally wound up at
its termination rs weak as cat. Then he
would get light nourishing food aud but mod
erate exercise until he recupera,ed. Then, as
jiums employed to get man into perfect con.
dition. Much more WORK was given them how IS.
ftsr would H have t9 y w AK Ten miles
sioshins, snd would have g ruP ne Iast miIs
driod. and rubbed down well BY hand. '
bashs e ons o '
health hbe tbs old aP aai 9s.
ness nssses BY the iSyin On ands. haint bit
o doubt O. It, but It want done BY Just layin'
th tbs an, ,ands on but BY good ard rubbing down
Besides running long distance. daily. and
had 70 spar With bis trainer and to 6eht the
bag. swing dumb. bells, and In many other
ways tsEs violent physisal exercise. Ba. 4 was
standby sta q lis food was Tough. thss thor or
warmed By the ire. Red RAGS was the slang
o "a; AID na h% dp sodp
ns ana for he sna p Of
mutton. but red rags so Sis st os
him. He was kept free from worry or fret. and
6Snf him ct sSs S sh. often
ferred from the fact that II twas saying among
those WhS Snderwe1Sf Il that thsS would
Off. even when training, as. Jem Carney and
Ta ss pn
y the
sparrins Is seldom or never indulged In. A
man n Is pr pres " e know how to Iashs when
as Il 'sss
In the first place. with the eSeeptiog Of pastry.
iats and srices Slmost eh5,ythng thst agrees
he does not get warm bread-thst is unfit
for amy human stomach no matter how
salt @st'e and Ssi'': ave s
tatoes make fat rapidly. consequently he gets
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s SSif at 81 %h n Rsd'ifa nos
ds sa FssssS sssps s Ss mo Ut the op
piece OF quill between the teeth to stimulate
GT mo aTs sna sfSs aa ps SHs
n3E sHss 3 sSSns suivan reveuien.ed
IN fosr-ronhd iisht does S not need tie same
sS he h ssu M S0II 70 'Vs Wisd
a1a 20 sss1SnG on hs the
vent Ills Being Hustled about 81 as hs enehess
were blanEeted the instant they came ip from
thsir lower limbs rubbed dry before thef1r
bodies were uncovered, IL would be better for
them. He thinks they ought not ever TO take
time TO lift their boat out OF the water, "They
should never take q shower bath while train
ing, and II they were TO take preparatory spin
an hour or 30 before racing, and then be rubbed
dry spd 6athed WITH ale, alephoi or bay rum my
preparatory eahteE limbers up racer
Mr. Thomas ii. Downing says that when mon
first began to train for boat race they are
very enthusiastic. but about the third week
The next week they are al right again, Just
they arc neither grass nor hay, they become
very pceytsh and irritable, and they are ready
to quarrel and even night ut the drop OF q hat.
This Ia alwAs regarded IA an excellent sign.
and their friends often sesy. Hear 'em groWl
IN che new even more than in the old m ethod
Of treating the object Is 10 have man observe
the rules Of health. 10 eat moderately but suf-
neisntly Of good. sound food. 70 take proper
per and taLe plenty OF sleep. and sboys all
things. % Eeiralp EelLHoyaI RON .snXtht9g
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